Megafauna kill sites in South America: A critical review
H Bampi, M Barberi, MS Lima-Ribeiro - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
South America is the continent with the largest amount of megafauna extinctions at the end
of the Pleistocene (∼ 50 genera), but the empirical evidence of megafauna exploitation by …
of the Pleistocene (∼ 50 genera), but the empirical evidence of megafauna exploitation by …
[HTML][HTML] Megafauna extinctions in the late-Quaternary are linked to human range expansion, not climate change
The Earth has lost approximately half of its large mammal species (≥ 45 kg, one-third of
species≥ 9 kg) over the past 120,000 years, resulting in depauperate megafauna …
species≥ 9 kg) over the past 120,000 years, resulting in depauperate megafauna …
[HTML][HTML] Not just for proboscidean hunting: On the efficacy and functions of Clovis fluted points
Our article “On the efficacy of Clovis fluted points for hunting proboscideans”(Eren et al.,
2021), sought to assess whether these stone points were, as conventional wisdom had it …
2021), sought to assess whether these stone points were, as conventional wisdom had it …
[HTML][HTML] A New Approach to the Quantitative Analysis of Bone Surface Modifications: the Bowser Road Mastodon and Implications for the Data to Understand Human …
Toward the end of the Pleistocene, the world experienced a mass extinction of megafauna.
In North America these included its proboscideans—the mammoths and mastodons …
In North America these included its proboscideans—the mammoths and mastodons …
Cauca: megafaunal and felid fossils (Mammalia) from a Pleistocene site in northwest Venezuela
Numerous surveys and three excavation and surface collection field seasons resulted in the
discovery of numerous megafaunal remains and that of a medium-sized felid in a new site …
discovery of numerous megafaunal remains and that of a medium-sized felid in a new site …
Inaccurate ideas as stimuli to learn about the world: the ODK culture and spiral fractures of bones
RL Lyman - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2023 - Springer
In the 1950s, medical doctor Raymond Dart proposed an ancient osteodontokeratic (ODK)
culture of australopithecines to explain disparate frequencies of mammalian skeletal parts …
culture of australopithecines to explain disparate frequencies of mammalian skeletal parts …